Sullivan-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....Jackson, Jefferson Theodore 1859 - 1898
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  JEFFERSON THEODORE JACKSON, late a leading citizen of Lopez, Sullivan county,
  was prominently identified with the business interests of that locality for many
  years. He belonged to a well known family of this section and his father,
  Alexander Jackson, was born and reared in Cherry township, where he became a
  prosperous farmer, owning a valuable tract of land within four miles of Dushore,
  and there his death occurred in 1888, from heart disease. He was married to Miss
  Mary Arey, a native of Lancastershire, England, who came to America in childhood
  with her parents, John and Margaret Arey. Her father became interested in
  farming and mining in Bradford county, where his last years were spent. Mrs.
  Jackson survived her husband four years, her death occurring in 1892. The
  following children were born to Alexander and Mary Jackson: John, who is engaged
  in farming on an extensive scale in Wilmot township, Bradford county; Robert, a
  miner at Beaver Meadow, Luzerne county; William, a farmer near Hollenback,
  Bradford county; Louisa, who became the wife of Henry Frailey, residing near
  Hollenback; J. T., our subject; Wellington, who occupies the old homestead in
  Cherry township; George, a lumber worker at Lopez; Henrietta, the wife of Henry
  Smith, a hardware dealer at Wyalusing and a stockholder in the bank at that
  place; and Abbie, who is unmarried and resides in Sullivan county.
  
      J. T. Jackson, the immediate subject of this memoir, was born September 14,
  1859, on the old homestead in Cherry township, Sullivan county, and his
  educational opportunities during boyhood were limited to the district schools of
  that vicinity. At the age of fifteen he began working for neighboring farmers,
  continuing to be thus engaged for the following three years, when he went to
  Hazelton, Luzerne county, and found employment in the mines, where he worked for
  two yeas and was promoted to an outside position, retaining the latter for two
  years, when, having a desire to see something of the country, he took a trip
  through Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. During his tour he visited many
  points of interest, including the famous battle-fields of Gettysburg, Bull Run
  and Antietam, together with the country around Richmond and the Shenandoah
  Valley. On his return he spent a year on the homestead at Dushore and a year as
  a farm laborer in Colley township, Sullivan county. Later he was employed in a
  tannery at Laporte, and for a short time he kept a boarding house there for the
  men who worked in the tannery. For three years he conducted a similar
  establishment at Thorndale, and then removing to Lopez, he built a large hotel,
  with accommodations for about ninety guests. This he operated alone for five
  years, but at present it is managed by a tenant.
  
      The marriage of Mr. Jackson took place on August 26, 1885, when he was
  united to Miss Julia Erb, a native of Cherry township and a daughter of
  Frederick Erb, who was born in Germany. Of this union five children were born,
  namely: Virginia, November 9, 1886; James, April 3, 1888; William, September 15,
  1889; Arthur, August 11, 1891; an infant girl, Mary, born in February, 1892,
  died in infancy; and Izetta, born August 23, 1898.
  
      Mr. Jackson was a Democrat in politics and at times has taken an active part
  in local affairs, serving one year as constable in Colley township. He was, and
  his family are, popular socially, and during the existence of the branch of the
  P. O. S. of A. at Lopez he was an active member.
  
      On October 18, 1898, Mr. Jackson was found dead in the dining room of his
  own hotel, where he had been lifeless for several hours from heart disease,
  leaving his wife to manage all affairs, with a family of small children.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from: 
              
            History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
            by Thomas J. Ingham
              
                Compendium of Biography
              
            The Lewis Publishing Company
        Chicago: 1899
  
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